Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me.
Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise.
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.
When I was younger, I used to drive up to a bunch of turkeys, roll down the window and say something. They'd all gobble back at once.
You don't get to choose your voice! I was never like, 'Oh, I'll take the voice that causes dogs to gather outside.'
Dogs don't bark at parked cars.
Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission, the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance.
I swear the sparrows called us ten kinds of idiot when we did it.
I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it's quick action and no fear, and sometimes it's irrational fear. You don't always know.
I have scripts that I've only shown to animals... and they passed on them.
